Doubling Down at New Mexico’s Casinos
CHA-CHIN-CHA-CHIN. The sound of quarters clicking in my grandmother’s tub was the soundtrack of our casino trips. Although I’d tag along, I never quite got the appeal—until now. After a 60-minute…
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Explore Mountain Biking and UFO Mysteries
CONFESSION: I BELIEVE IN ALIENS. As a teenager in the 1990s, I was obsessed with The X-Files. The truth is out there. So, more than 75 years after a 100-foot flying saucer allegedly crashed in San…
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Explore Outdoor Adventures with 505 Cycles
DALE DAVIS IS AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE. So imagine the rush when the former BMX racer and his wife, Rhonda Davis, took the entrepreneurial leap by purchasing 505 Cycles in Farmington in 2018. “I was a…
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Unearth Farmington's Unique Trails
FOR BIRD-WATCHERS With over eight miles of trails and several access points along the river, the Animas River Trail is Farmington’s ultimate urban hike. Opt for the easy 1.8-mile Riverside Loop and…
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Hike Up to the Golden Arches
I’M STANDING AT WHAT was once the bottom of the ocean and where tyrannosaurs used to roam. Here, too, an Ancestral Puebloan mother likely played hide-and-seek with her young son among the boulders…
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Mañana Botanicals Are In Bloom
SARAH YOCUM HAS HER GRANDMOTHER Kathy Tapia’s garden to thank for Mañana Botanicals. “All the hollyhocks in our products are sourced right from her backyard,” says Yocum, an Albuquerque native and the…
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Why We Love NM: Our Cuisine Nourishes the Soul
J USTIN PIOCHE (DINÉ) DIDN’T GROW UP EATING NATIVE FOODS , like blue corn mush with juniper ash or kneel-down bread. “I ate mac and cheese and Taco Bell,” he recalls. Now the Farmington resident and…
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Eco-Stays to Help You Unplug
Taos Mesa Studio Earthship, Taos “The panoramic views of the high desert and Rockies during the day and the Milky Way at night through the home’s south-facing glass wall immerse you in nature’s…
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Reenergize at Taos Goji Eco Lodge Retreat
"SOLITUDE AND QUIET IS WHAT WE SELL HERE,” explains Eric Vom Dorp, who owns the 40-acre Taos Goji Eco Lodge Retreat with his wife, Elizabeth. “It’s easy to zone out.” After 10 hours of sleep on fluffy…
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Become a Jewelry Rock Star
BEHIND A STRIP-MALL DOOR, A SMALL brigade of makers has blowtorches blazing, tiny hammers swinging, and buffing stones whirling. At Albuquerque Silver & Stone Academy, beginners and pros alike learn…
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